Monday, July 18, 2016

Which mosquito repellent is best for you? and other top stories.

  • Which mosquito repellent is best for you?

    Which mosquito repellent is best for you?
    Picking up a few bug bites used to be one of summer’s rites of passage. It’s not so innocent these days: Shielding yourself from ticks and mosquitoes is just as important as wearing sunscreen. “People used to hate to wear [insect] repellent, or say, ‘Oh, I don’t care about getting bitten,’” said Walter S. Leal, PhD, a chemical ecologist and professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis. Now, many experts warn that mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus may reach certain parts of th..
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  • Vic cancer research to save lives: Andrews

    Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews watched the state's new cancer centre get built from the window of his dying father's hospital room across the road.He hopes the $1 billion Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre will mean fewer Victorians have to watch their loved ones die."My father (Bob) would have been 66 yesterday. He didn't get to see that birthday," Mr Andrews told reporters at the centre's opening on Sunday."Hopefully people just like him, and families just like ours, will be spared all th..
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  • Alzheimer's Disease Vaccine Nears Testing Phase, Could Prevent And Reverse Dementia

    Alzheimer's Disease Vaccine Nears Testing Phase, Could Prevent And Reverse Dementia
    An Alzheimer’s vaccine could be just a few short years away, according to researchers from Australia and the United States. Initial pre-clinical results show that the vaccine could slow or reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s in patients with dementia in addition to preventing the disease when administered to healthy people. Human clinical trials of the new Alzheimer’s disease vaccine are expected to begin within two years and last about three years. According to a study published in Nature’s Sci..
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  • Scientists research man missing 90 percent of his brain, who leads a normal life

    Scientists research man missing 90 percent of his brain, who leads a normal life
    He has a life-long condition known as hydrocephalus, commonly called “water on the brain” or “water head”. A French man has been living a healthy life, despite missing 90 percent of his brain. The man was 44 years old at the time the news came out, and ...
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  • Melbourne twins with cerebral palsy on their feet again after 'life-changing' surgery

    Melbourne twins with cerebral palsy on their feet again after 'life-changing' surgery
    Jasmine and Ella Hose have been gifted the ability to run again, after they were born unable to put their feet on the ground.Born nine weeks premature, the twins were diagnosed with cerebral palsy that left them with spastic hemiplegia, and underwent surgery in 2011 on the same day at the Royal Children’s Hospital to correct their limbs.Ella had her tendon lengthened in her left leg which meant she could place her foot on the ground, and Jasmine had a femoral osteotomy to lengthen her right leg..
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  • Diabetics fear for health after government removes blood sugar test subsidy

    Diabetics fear for health after government removes blood sugar test subsidy
    Diabetics will pay 50 times more for strips that help them monitor their blood sugar levels after the government removed the subsidy, raising concerns about more health complications as the condition of those patients spins out of control.The federal government removed the subsidy on blood glucose test strips for people with type two diabetes who are not insulin dependent effective July 1, though there will be a six-month transition period. More News Videos Previous slide Next sli..
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